Paper Christmas Cards Versus eCards

Why a paper Christmas cards when you can email an animated Christmas card straight to your friend's inbox?

Which is better? A paper Christmas greeting card posted with real postage stamp or an electronic Merry Christmas with fireworks or falling snowflakes?

A Banner of Paper Christmas Greeting Cards

In this electronic world, sending an e-card is just a click away. And these are animated greeting cards that are so interesting and attractive. There are sound, movement and visual. The only thing lacking is the feel of paper.

So why bother to go out and shop for paper Christmas cards? Even so why go to all the trouble to make them yourself?

Well, below you'll see the many pros and cons of sending a paper Christmas card. At the same time, you'll also see why eCards are still so popular to certain people.

Paper Christmas Cards versus Christmas eCards

The advantages of sending paper christmas greeting cards

It cannot be easily trashed away

It's more personal

The sender can add a handwritten message and signed by hand

It can be handled

It can be taken out to show to other people

It can be stored in a scrapbook and treasured; and then taken out later to view again and again

The recipient will feel special because the sender had taken the time and effort to choose the card and send it

The card can be a collector item one day

The advantages of sending electronic christmas cards

When printed, it can be stored in a scrapbook and treasured; and then taken out later to view again and again

It reaches the recipient instantly

It doesn't cost a cent to send the ecard

It does not need much effort and time on the sender's part to send it

It can be sent out at the last minute

It takes a shorter time to send out to all the people in the christmas card list

The disadvantages of sending paper christmas greeting cards

It's more expensive especially with the rising cost of postage

The sender got to go to the shop to buy the card

If homemade, need to gather cardmaking supplies and spend time designing and making it

The sender needs to go out to post the card

It takes longer to reach the recipient

The card can be lost or damaged in the post

The disadvantages of sending electronic christmas cards

It can be easily trashed away

It's not personal at all

the sender cannot add a handwritten message and cannot signed by hand unless hand signature is scanned in

It cannot be handled

It cannot be taken out to show to other people unless printed out but then it won't be so special

The recipient might not open it fearing that it might contains a virus

The ecard might not be opened because it could be filtered into the recipient's junk folder

The ecard cannot be a collector item one day

Christmas Verses

I'm sure you will be able to add more to the lists above and come to a decision whether you would continue sending out ecards or spend some time this festive season to shop for paper christmas cards, handwrite a personal message and post them.

Or you might go even further - gather your cardmaking supplies, design a christmas greeting card and make a batch of them. Then leisurely include a handwritten christmas greetings, address the envelopes and stick a postage stamp on each envelope, seal it and send them out to bring holiday cheer to those far and near.

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